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PC Cloning Solution?

Posted by Cliff on from the "me-me-me-me-me-...-me-too" dept.

pbaumgar asks: "Like many here on Slashdot, I'm a Systems Administrator. I have become responsible for maintaining about 300 laptops that I need to rebuild on a regular basis. I am looking for a solution to image them. I've been looking at Symantec's Ghost Solution Suite and am not too gung-ho on spending all that money for licensing. Can anyone recommend an better solution that would be cheaper?"

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  1. Look for an earlier copy of Ghost by HotNeedleOfInquiry · · Score: 5, Interesting

    That doesn't have the bullshit licensing agreement. Norton has effectively fsked themselves out of the clone market with their totally absurd licensing requirements.

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  2. G4U by Xunker · · Score: 5, Informative

    G4U, a unix based cloning tool.

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  3. Google and I agree: Acronis by Gothmolly · · Score: 5, Funny

    was this so hard?

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  4. What about RIS? by jarod670 · · Score: 5, Informative

    If you have a Windows Server 2000 or Server 2003 environment, what about RIS? Once you get it set up, I think it is much faster than ghost for pulling images down, plus you don't have to worry about SIDs. Plus the big bonus it's FREE.